A former Kansas City Star columnist who is married to the newspaper’s publisher faces a March court date for allegedly driving under the influence.
A Kansas City police officer stopped Rhonda C. Lokeman, 50, about 10:15 p.m. Jan. 1 near 30th Street and Gillham Road because she was driving without headlights and on a front rim that was missing its tire, according to a police report.
Lokeman reportedly refused to perform field sobriety tests and take a breathalyzer test. She told police she had consumed one glass of wine in her art studio that afternoon, the report said.
Police cited her for driving under the influence, careless driving and driving without headlights turned on. Her court date was set for March 23.
She filed a civil suit in January to prevent state officials from revoking her driver’s license for refusing the breathalyzer test. An April hearing is set in that case. The Star could not reach her for comment.
Lokeman worked for The Star until April 2008, about a month after her husband, Mark Zieman, became publisher. Her syndicated column continued to appear in The Star until she retired after her Dec. 28 column.
First reaction: jeez, how hammered do you have to be to drive around with no headlights and on a front rim missing its tire?? Second: no mention of the blogs (first me, then Will not be televised, then Tony's Kansas City) beating Lokeman/Zieman's own paper to the story. Third: what's this about Lokeman retiring after her Dec. 28 column?? Last I checked (this morning) Lokeman was still listed on the Star's web site as a columnist. Sounds like a retroactive retirement to me.
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13 comments:
You guys ROCK! Keep up the good work.
Have any MNI Marxists now asked for jobs with you?
So I take it there's no layoff news to report if this is all we're talking about today? I guess that's a good thing.
Lokeman is 50? Did she also get charged with lying on her drivers license?
She looks 60 if she a day. Mr. Booze taint been kind to her.
But it's a first offense right (wink, wink)?
Probably also did a minor hit and run, and the cops couldn't find the car or object she hit.
Caught fleeing the scene with her lights our.
Perfect role model for the great paper.
Also saw this:
http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/02/the_truth_about_rhonda_chriss.php
and this
http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2009/02/mcclatchy-watch-star-publishers-wife.html
"I was taught when I was a young reporter that it's news when we say it is. I think that's still true -- it's news when 'we' say it is. It's just who 'we' is has changed"
David Carr (b. 1956), US Journalist. CNN "Reliable Sources", Sunday, August 10, 2008.
How embarrassing is it for a "journalist" to learn of criminal charges against your own publishers wife and fellow employee, from a blogger 1500 miles away? Especially when the charges are a matter of public record just a few blocks down the street!
Here is a comment at the KC Red Scar:
"I wonder how long the publisher would have kept this under wraps had the blogger in Sacramento not reported it? Too bad he didn't receive credit or mention."
The people in KC know what is going on, the wimpy Z-man is treading water.
The KC bloggers are brutal, take no prisoners type guys. Rhonda is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Whoya gonna call help this time Zee?
Anon.said:
"...Especially when the charges are a matter of public record just a few blocks down the street!"
That is an excellent thought. Why was that covered up? What else has been kept under wraps? Once the honesty is gone, the questions start gaining speed.
If you are interested, this is public information.
To reach Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, send e-mail to
RCLCreators@kc.rr.com
To Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, e-mail to RCLCreators@kc.rr.com
Rhonda, now that the world sees you for who you really are, inclusive of your leaching off the MNI troth, Are you still, for the first time, proud of America?
What will you do when you’re not on the MNI dole like all the other
"journalists" that were laid off?
Are you up for lunch? Cocktails on me!
luvya
The KC bloggers are brutal, take no prisoners type guys.
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No kidding. Get a load of this exchange:
Yeah, she has a good life.. she's boppin the boss..... Posted by Searching
Searching - you mean she WAS. Apparently, now he cannot even "reach her for comment". That's the real tragedy....Posted by Jellybean
Brutal, but a refined and enlightened sense of humor, Id say!
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